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Hibernate 5 - HQL CRUD Example [Snippets]

In this article, we will see quick snippets or examples of Hibernate 5 HQL CRUD Example.

Hibernate Query Language (HQL) is an object-oriented query language, similar to SQL, but instead of operating on tables and columns, HQL works with persistent objects and their properties. HQL queries are translated by Hibernate into conventional SQL queries, which in turns perform an action on a database.

HQL is extremely simple to learn and use, and the code is always self-explanatory. Let's briefly look at the snippets of HQL CRUD example. For a complete example, check out Hibernate Query Language CRUD Example.

1. HQL Select Query Example

Below snippet demonstrates the usage of HQL for getting a student by id: